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A conference is being held in Iraq examining how NI peace principles might be applied to the city of Kirkuk. Kirkuk is the centre of the northern Iraqi oil fields and is an ethnically mixed city populated by Kurds, Assyrians,...
AN IRA man who went on the run in the Republic while on bail awaiting sentencing for the kidnap of leading dissident Bobby Tohill is facing extradition to the north. Harry Fitzsimmons (40) was arrested in Dundalk, Co Louth,...
Published Date: 20 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's one-day visit to Northern Ireland last month cost the taxpayer almost £175,000 in policing costs, it can be revealed. The expenditure came to light...
Growing Signs of Decrease in Deference Towards Main Parties With the 1998 Good Friday Agreement increasingly a distant memory, there appear to be fewer books celebrating the peace process and more questioning party leaders Last...
It's nearly hibernation time for the folks on the hill at Stormont. A general election beckons and the folks on the hill have turned their thoughts to self-preservation - even though that might mean no Stormont Executive at...
Published Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:01 AM Updated Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10:06 AM Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams with Martin McGuinness Sometimes the man does bite the dog and something extraordinary happens in journalism....
With just six weeks until Christmas, time is running out to resolve the policing and justice issue before next year and the looming Westminster election. Following a flurry of meetings last month, which resulted in a...
Loyalist Michael Stone has received a date for his appeal against being convicted of trying to murder Sinn Fein leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. Judges set aside two days in March next year for the challenge after...
The ministers share information and debate how they can work together Government leaders from across the British Isles have met in Jersey to discuss minority languages. The 13th British-Irish Council (BIC) summit heard that...
PATSY McGARRY Religious Affairs Correspondent THE FOUR main church leaders are “greatly concerned” at the levels of violent crime in Northern Ireland and have called for “a comprehensive and collective approach” to deal with...
